I expect most Americans have a different way of looking at things. For instance, here in PA, the total number of people that have tested positive for the virus is .1%. That's 1 out of 1000 people. It's kind of hard getting excited about such a small number and probably why there is a general lack of compliance with the masks, etc. We are social distancing, that's been done very well here. Not in NYC where they continue to ride the subways in crowded cars however.

And while we will probably surpass Italyicon in number of deaths, no one here other than the politicians really care. And I'm serious about that. 60,000 Americans die from the flu every year. That's what we put things like this into perspective of.

Not trying to make light of the deaths but 170,000 die in this country from accidents. Falling down the stairs, traffic accident, drowning in the bathtub.

Expectations continue to decline for this. Latest i heard today was 50,000, maybe less. Granted that's because of the extreme measures put in place but it's way below the high end of 2 millions if nothing was done and the 200,000 predicted just last week. People here are ready to go back to normal and I expect things will reopen for good or bad at the end of the month. There will be some modifications, I expect the elderly will be quarantined as well as the most vulnerable. But everyone else will be back to work the restaurants open, etc. Only thing I see stopping that is if it suddenly starts affecting the general population in the same manner it is the elderly.

I learned today that the CDC has instructed hospitals to list COVID-19 as cause of death if it is even suspected of contributing to someones death. No confirmation by testing required. So anyone with a cough that dies is listed as COVID. Kind of inflates the numbers a bit.
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